iProspect’s newest senior management member, Wayne Zwiers has been appointed Managing Director of the Johannesburg team.

Wayne comes on-board the iProspect team from Basetwo (Aqua, Wunderman Group) where his talent in the digital sphere took him from Digital Client Service Director to Managing Partner. His experience ranges from managing ATL, BTL and Brand Portfolios. Wayne has serviced a wide range of influential clients namely, Telkom SA, BMW, Samsung, Microsoft EMEA, Russell Hobbs, Imperial Group, Ford/Mazda, SARS, Virgin Atlantic, and Colgate to name a few.

Having gathered his skill-set working between UK-based and local companies, his wealth of knowledge and understanding of digital media, namely; websites, microsites, WAP or mobisites and other digital mediums, gives him a holistic viewpoint over client expectations and requirements and will provide invaluable insight in driving iProspect’s business performance.

When asked about his appointment Wayne said, “I’m very excited to be joining iProspect. Never before has there been such a demand for businesses to work with a company such as iProspect. Today businesses are under massive pressure to quantify their spending in terms of results. This is where iProspect comes in to assist in making sure that companies are making sales, reaching targets, and delivering on their results. Wayne continues, “One of my goals at iProspect is to re-align the agency processes in order to meet each of our clients’ unique requirements as well as better position ourselves for future growth and opportunities with South Africa’s most progressive brands.”

Justin Hartman, Group Managing Director for iProspect SSA, stated, “Wayne will be tasked with growing the Johannesburg team and clients’, and together we plan on scaling iProspect into a formidable digital agency second to none.” Hartman, continues, “ We are very fortunate to have someone like Wayne on our team as there are few like him in the industry that have the depth of experience coupled with the commercial drive for success and I’m honoured to have him working alongside me.”

Dentsu Aegis Network SSA will be hosting an exclusive DigiTalk in Nairobi Kenya on 19 May 2016, touching on topics such as the internet of things, data, programmatic, digital disruption, with a panel discussion on Winning in the Digital Economy.

Koo Govender, former VWV group CEO and M-Net Director of Marketing and Communications, has been appointed as CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network for South Africa and will be reporting into Dawn Rowlands, CEO Dentsu Aegis Network Sub Saharan Africa.

In what aims to become the world’s largest ever advertising campaign, out of home (OOH) communications agency Posterscope is proud to announce their participation in Project Everyone, the brainchild of filmmaker and Comic Relief founder Richard Curtis.

iProspect South Africa, a member of Dentsu Aegis Network, has been appointed as the digital performance partner to Mercedes-Benz South Africa Passenger Vehicles, following a pitch process of six months.

Dentsu Aegis Network today announces the acquisition of two leading media buying and planning agencies in Ghana, Adams Media Ghana Limited and Premier Media Company GH Limited (“Premier Media”). Adams Media and Premier Media will be rebranded as Carat and Vizeum respectively and collectively form Dentsu Aegis Network locally to become the leading media agency in Ghana, the second largest West African economy.

Previously, when logging into an app or website that uses Facebook Connect, users were asked for permission to various pieces of information linked to their Facebook account. One of these requests (often unnoticed), is access to the information of your friends. Now, with the enforcement of version 2 of Facebook's Graph API, apps are not able to collect this data or even ask for it at all - with the aim to improve users’ trust.

We are very excited to announce the launch of AMNET, Dentsu Aegis Network’s programmatic & real time bidding platform, in South Africa. Jaco Lintvelt joins AMNET to lead this new division of the business in South Africa.

Dentsu Aegis Network Sub-Saharan Africa is excited to announce that both network brands, Carat Division and Isobar, have won bronze at the Global Dentsu Aegis Network Innovation Awards for Best Use of the Dentsu Aegis Network Operating Model.

Following an integrated and competitive pitch process, BMW Group South Africa has reappointed Vizeum as its media strategy, planning and buying agency for its above-the-line and digital communication business. However, for the new contract period, Vizeum has also been appointed the media strategy, planning and buying agency for MINI South Africa.

At a glance

Dentsu Aegis Network is Innovating the Way Brands Are Built for its clients through its best-in-class expertise and capabilities in media, digital and creative communications services.

With consumers more connected, through a range of devices, than ever before, the era of media convergence is presenting many opportunities as well as a new, complex media eco-system. From identifying who the consumers are, to how they make their decisions, Dentsu Aegis Network and its brand businesses of Carat, Dentsu, Dentsu media, iProspect, Isobar, mcgarrybowen, Posterscope and Vizeum make the best use of today’s media mix to bring to life the right communication strategy and deliver the best results for clients.